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The word obtuse It is used in our language to refer various questions.

One of those many uses is to refer to what does not have a tip, that is, to the objects, elements that do not have a point are referred to as obtuse. For example, before a pencil or a tool blunt will be spoken in terms of obtuse.

Obviously, when an element should have a tip and does not present it because it was worn or due to any other situation, its effect or the utility that he may currently have. We must mention that it is also common that when a tool or utensil is obtuse, it is spoken in terms of mocho.
The opposite would be a pointed and sharp item.

On the other hand, the word obtuse is used extensively to refer to athat person who is not able to understand anything or situation with speed and ease; or it is also used a lot when a person can understand but gets stupid because, for example, he does not agree with something and then does not understand what is being said even though his position or idea is not correct but rather is the wrong.

So the word obtuse applied to a person can be used to indicate that he is clumsy and slow to understand or that he is a fool.
It is also worth noting that this sense has a highly pejorative use. Meanwhile the other side would be to talk about someone smart Y clever.

In another area in which the term is widely used is in themath where it is used to name one of the angles that studies matter, the obtuse angle, which is characterized by measuring more than 90 ° but less than 180 °. Recall that the right angle measures 90 °, the flat is flat and the oblique is call so precisely because its shape is not straight.